Fur-beating machine.



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EUR EATING MAUHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JN. 6, 1909. 96292350 Patented June 21,1910.

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W/ 'TA/5555 R. MUELLER. FUR BEATING MACHINE.

`APP'LIGATIGl FILED JAN. 6, 1909. 9623239. Patented June 21, 1910.

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.ANDREW a. GRAHAM co.. Plw-IDAJTHOGRAPHEPS, WASMINGYON. uc

R. MUELLER.

PUR BEATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. e, 1909.

Patented June 21, 1910.

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REINHOLD MUELLER, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY.

FUR-BEATING MACHINE.

Application filed January 6, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 470,958.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REINHOLD MUELLER, subject of the German Emperor,residing at N o. 36 Koenigstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany, have invented newand useful Improvements in Fur-Beating Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

. This invention relates to a fur beating machine of the known type inwhich the beating action takes place at right angles to the feed of thearticles to be beaten, which are moved past beater bars, mounted inholders, by means of a feed-table or band and are kept down by rollersparallel to the beater bars, whereupon the adjustment of t-he beatingforce can be eected by the moving of the shaft carrying the beaters inrelation to a cam shaft. In this fur beating machine, not only thedepressing rollers can be spring mounted on the top of the feeding tableor band and the supporting rollers on the underside thereof and alsoadapted to be raised by levers in order to remove the beating table orband from the beaters, but brushes or the like may also be arranged infront of the casing or receptacle in order to depress and clean thearticle to be beaten and also to tighten the casing at the same time.

The invention includes the arrangement'of depressing rollers between theindividual beaters which rollers are provided with bristles. Thisarrangement renders the beating machine suitable for beating all kindsof fur. Furthermore, all rollers can be simultaneously lifted 0E thebeating track or band in order to be able to place thick pieces orlayers of fur freely and without loss of time on the beating placesbetween the rollers.

The invention is shown by way of eX- ample in the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a fur beating machine withreciprocating table. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the invention shown inFig. 1. Fig. 2a represents a depressing roller covered with bristles.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on an enlarged scale through thebeating device I, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through amodified form of the fur beating machine. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary planview showing parts of the upper and lower rollers shown in Fig. 4. Fig.6 shows a portion of the invention shown in Fig. 4 on an enlarged scale.Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a portion of the invention shown in Fig. 6and, Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing some of the parts ofthat view on an enlarged scale.

In the fur beating machine according to Figs. 1 3, two beating devicesI, II are arranged opposite each other at the sides of the table IIIprovided with an endless band 1. The band 1 passes as usual over tworollers 2, 2a, one of which is capable of adjustment toward and from theother; the operation is effected in such a manner by intermediate geariiXed below the table that the feeding direction of the band 1 can bereversed by a conical reversing gear 3, 3a, 3b. Thus one person canattend to the machine without leaving his place. The casing 25 hasvertical slots therein for receiving the rollers 5, said casing beingsecured at both longitudinal sides 4, 4a of the table III.

The beating device proper comprises the frames 6, 6, on which aremounted the cam shafts 7, 7a, which simultaneously serve as drivingshafts for the whole machine. In the double arrangement as shown, themain driving gear is provided on the right side and consists of a fastand a loose pulley 2 and 1", respectively. The pulley 9 as shown at theother end of the shaft 7 l drives the pulley 11 on shaft 10 of thegearing arranged under the table, while a second pulley 12 on shaft 10actuates the driving pulley 13 of the beating device I on the left side.The beaters 14 are secured in holders 15 in pairs, as shown by way ofexample, which holders are adapted to oscillate in standards 16 and betensioned by a spring 17 on the inner side of the fulcrum, whereas thereis provided on the other side in the standard 16, a rubber block 18,which serves as a buffer during the beating action for the rear end ofthe holder projecting o-ver the fulcrum. The cam shafts 7, 7a carry asmany cam disks 19 as there are holders 15 and at each revolution, theyeach produce by beating against the holder ends as many single blows asthere are arms or c'ams on one cam disk 19; according to the drawings,the cam disks 19 are shown with two arms by way of example. In order tobe able to regulate the force of the blows, the standards 16 can beadjusted at right angles to the cam shaft 7, 7a and all simultaneouslyby turning the lever 21 secured to shaft 20 by means of cranks 22mounted on the latter and provided with crank rods 23 engaging vvththestandards 16 which are secured to t-he frame by bolts 16 which passthroughslots 16 in said standards. A suction fan'26 with gear 27 isarranged over the dust col-- lecting receptacle or casing 25. See Fig.l.

f by spring power. All of the top rollers d, d,

which are mounted in the frames h .are raised `from the band c by thelever z', while all of the bottom rollers c, c, Whose bearing levers f,f, are mounted in the frame Z0 can be moved from .the band o by thelever Z.

Brushes fm, are located ,above the opening in the receptacle throughwhich the article to be cleaned passes, the said brushes vbeing adaptedto .engage with the articles and the brushes are mounted to vhave aswinging movement, as shown in Fig. .6. Twosprings n are provided which:tend to hold the brushes in -a vertical position. The beaters 1" aremoved through the openings 0, and adapted lto beat the fur as in theother arrangements. The bottom rollers e, e, assume the inclinedposition e Fig. 7, when fur of different thicknesses pass through. Thefirst and last top rollers l are covered with brushes for increasingthecleaning effect of :the beating machine. The other top rollers d 'have arough surface.

Having now particularly .described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A fur beatingmachine comprising a movable feeding band, beater bars arranged at rightangles to the band, means for oscillating said bars, a series ofparallel rollers arranged over the band and between which the beaterbars strike, and means for simultaneously adjusting the beater bars.

A fur beating machine `comprising a movable feeding band, a seriesv ofparallel movable feeding band, rollers located above the band, beaterbars arranged at right angles to the band land adapted to strike betweenthe rollers, means for oscillating said bars, a bracket supporting aseries of bars, and means for moving the bracket to adjust the positionAof the bars.

3. A fur beating machine comprising a -movable feeding band, rollerslocated above the band, means for yieldingly supporting said rollers,supporting rollers .on the underside ofthe band, means for moving saidlower rollers from the band, and vbeaters and means for simultaneouslymoving the upper rollers from the band.

lIn testimony whereof I have signed my name -to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FnrDA KLAIBER, PAULINE KLAIBER.

